Monday, September 21, 2015

What is it With Me and Watches Lately?

Last year during Dragon*Con my watch died. That’s when I
realized just how much I use that thing! When I returned home, I got the
battery replaced and made a note to make sure to have the battery changed
before the next Dragon*Con.

Then in May I went to the Romantic Times Booklovers
Convention. My watch died. Really? That was two conventions I was LOST during.
Pulling out my iPhone to check the time just doesn’t work for me because I keep
my phone in my purse, not my pocket.

When I got home, I took the watch back to the store I got my
battery (they guarantee them for a year). She said the battery was fine but the
contact was dirty. If cleaning it didn’t work, then the watch was probably
broken. Well, she cleaned it (free of charge, bless her) and it worked. I was
happy!

Then August came around. My watch kept stopping every now
and then. I had to face the fact: my precious Steelers watch, a watch I’ve had
for close to 10 years, was dying. Whaaa!

I could have gone out and bought a watch to replace it, but a
watch makes for a nice Christmas present (I picked out this pretty Penguins
watch I want), so until then, hubby gave me his Steelers watch (because he
doesn’t wear them anymore—he’d rather use his phone or ask ME the time). Yeah,
it’s big, but that didn’t matter. What mattered was that it kept time.

Until I got on the cruise.

Yep, you guessed it. The watch died on me! I was soooo
frustrated. Ship’s time and local time were not the same while in Canada and my
phone picked up local time. Think my brain always realized they were off? Nope.
Argh!

Next cruise/convention I will pack TWO watches. And spare
batteries. I will not be unprepared again.

I know you were probably hoping I’d have posted some
pictures of the cruise. Let me tell you, you’re lucky I’m posting this. And
that’s only because writing about my watch dying made for some fun writing.
Haha! I promise to have some cruise pictures posted by Friday. PROMISE!

10 comments:

I haven't worn a watch in years, even when I worked. I stopped using them when I realized almost everywhere I was had a clock on the wall or on my computer. Then cell phones came around and put the nail in the coffin. :)

re: cell phonesI'm pretty sure there's an app that will give you the correct time for whatever time zone you're in.

I love watches, but battery was always a prob. Then DH bought me a "Disney" Citizen Eco Drive. and now I'm downright spoiled!One day in the sun and it runs for 6 mos. --no battery! Check'em out for your Christmas present wish list. Citizen has some really nice ones: they have a woman's sports watch I have my eye on...--Tanja

Ivy - He asks me the time all the time! Even when he has his phone in his hand. Lazy, that's what I say! :)

Jennette - I sometimes feel lost without my phone, too. Not as much as I do without my watch, though.

Tanja - Sounds like a great watch. But doesn't that require going out into the sun at least once every 6 months??? Hahahahaha! Still, I might see if they have a Penguins watch. I want a Penguins watch. Badly! :)

Now, maybe I'll get email notifications! Grrrr. You appear in my RSS feed but since every other blog I follow ends up in my email at some point I never think to check the feed *sigh*.Any way: I don't use a watch any more. They're not allowed at work for safety reasons so I simply stopped wearing any sort of watch or jewellery. I miss them sometimes.It's getting harder and harder to find a watch I can actually wear any way. My body chemistry and anything that is not a wind up watch do not mix. They gain massive amounts of time on me. Yes, it's genetic.What would I be lost without? *snort* my cell phone since it always has the time, my ereader and the case I carry my driver's licence and other cards in.Since you're watch is forever dying why not carry a portable alarm clock when you travel and leave it set to your local time?

Robin - My grandmother couldn't wear watches, either. Killed the watch after one day, every time! Carrying a portable alarm clock wouldn't help the fact that I like having the correct time on my arm. Do I like to whine? You betcha!

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